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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-08
Solicitor General Hill.

F. B. H. in Atlanta Cor. Augusta Chronicle.
The speech of Solicitor General Hill
in conclusion Saturday night was a
remarkable one. For four hours he
kept the attention of the immense
crowd, many of whom were standing.
Without a note or memorandum OF
the evidence, without any outline oil
the order of his argument, he spoke
or three hours and fifty minutes
without once repeating himself or
misstating the evidence, or allowing
the interest to flag. Without fippan-
cy or triflng with the dignity OF the
questions involved, he kept the au-
diem ,e laughing and the sheriff trapping
| them to order, and without attempt
| ing oratorical flights he would occas-
| ionally inject some exquisite thoughd
Or gem OF expressions into his telling
argument His frequent illustrations
or quotations from Dickens, Shaks-
peare, or some OF the poets, showed
| that he remembered what he read
but his frequent awkward sentences
and ungrammatical utterances lndl'
Gated that he was indolent and care
less of rules rather than a student
and trusted to his ability to over
| shadow his defects. He handled the
/ witnesses on the other side with seat h
| ing severity, but did it with such in
finite good humor that the witness
lied with a smile on his face, and was
ready to forgive him as be cut hi
throat, he did it so neatly. But fol
the kneeness of his wit the court ane
Jury must have revolted at his whole
sale denunciations. 1t was truly {
remarkable speech, not for orator!
or eloquence, but for originality, skill
land telling force. Mr.. Hill inheriti
much OF the wonderful ability OF hi
| distinguished sire, the late lamentet
BENJAMIN H. Hill, and with stidiou
application has wonderful posslbill
ties before him.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-08
Scene on the Ocean.

Here is a short and simple but strik-
ing description OF a scene on board
The steamer Pennsylvania on her last
voyage from Europe, during storm:
at was on the 18th inst, and the
steamer was off the Banks OF New
ioundland, in latitude A. deg. ~ min.
north and longitude As deg. west.
Captain Mann had just retired to his
cabin to obtain little rest, and
Second Officer Walker and Third Off
Ter Arthurs we're in bed. Chief Officer
Do wning alone stood on the bridge.
The vessel was steering west-southwest
light in the teeth of the wind, which
was blowing fresh.
Suddenly the officer saw a tire.
mendous sea advancing. 1t was in
the shape of a pyramid, and seemed
to tower far above the vessel. II
came down on the deck just abaft the
bridge and swept toward the stern
carrying everything before it. The
stout lifeboats were crushed to fras
ments, and two OF them. stocked with
provisions, carried overheard. The
water poured over the Bird se, drench-
ng Officer Downing, who elutched thu
rail and hung on for dear life. The
huge plate-glass of the skylieht wa:
smashed and tons of water, carryin:
broken glass and movable article:
from the deck above, poured throusl
| INTO the saloon.
MANY OF the saloon passengers
were at dinner, and the scene that fol
lowed almost battles description. TIL
dinner service. and portions of tn,
dinner itself were distributed about the
-oomin a most indiscriminate man
1er and the passengers, frightned on
Of their wits, thought the vessel goin
20 the bottom. Women screame,
and tainted, and some, went int,
, violent mysteries"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-08
The IRON falls of France and Eng
land.
rrorn tbe German Military Gazette.

Great Britain still holds first place
with her armored feet; France, second;
Germany, third; Italy, fourth; Russia,
fifth. and Austria sixth. But at the
present moment France is building four,
teen vessels of the most powerful model
and eight armored vessels for coast de-
Tense Therefore, in four years France
will have thirty war vessels, twelve OF
which will be first class, and England
thirty two, only one of which Will be
of the same strength as any one OF the
twelve French ships, Italy is now build
inc five tirst-class war vessels; Russia
three and three iron-clad cruisers; Ger
many one iron clad cruiser and two gun
boats: Austria one war vessel, and Den
mark one iron-clad for coast defense.
Consequently the maritime pre-emin-
once of Great Britain is de ,idedly men
aced bv France. England being obliged
TO employ a great portion of her fleet IN
tbe Mediterranean and at different dis
tant points, it is fair to presume that IN
| 1887 or 1888 France would be able to
oppose a fleet of 40 armored vessels
AGAINST an English one of 30 at the
most, including even the vessels fol
coast defense.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-08

yard. Ibad been hauling logs with
The cattle TO tbe bank and dumping
Them off for the elevator or car to
carry them up the incline into the
mil, and had noticed the big ios it
had been there for years, and WAS
worthless. Now that | saw Lane IN
the vicinity made up my mind that
he had hidden his money close BY,
and slipped out and went Tor g ram
BILE in the woods.
That night at midnight without any
thing having happened to create
suspicion on Lanes part, dressed
myself and crept out OF the tavern to
make 4 hunt for the money. On my
wav ont / paused at his door, aud he
was breathing like man last asleep.
I had nv revolver and a pair ofhand-
cuffs ready to take with me, but miss
ed them after got outside. Every
thing about was SO quiet that ! set
off. thinking to be back with the mon
cy in few minutes. The Dig iog Jay
within twenty feet OF the Dank- Inere
was a hollow in one end, but no mon.
ey. The other was solid. climbed
over it and passed around 1t, ana had
Just discovered hollow which had
been the base Of a big limb. when lgos
q blow on the neck, which rolled me
over and over for ten feet Before
could get up Lane was upon me. he
was good deal the larger and stout
err man, but, he could not hold me
still. could roll under him, and
while his object seemed to be to clutch
my throat, gave him two good blows
in the face and got to my feet. Not
word was spoken by either OF us
We stood Cor q moment gasping fol
breath, and then he rushed at me like
an enraged bull, and We both ciincned.
He handled me almost as If had beer
boy, and it wasn't over minute be
fore we were on the bank above wateI
twelve feet deep. There was a thir
| skim of ice over it, and the man who
went in there could not live long.
In boxing match could have got
| the better of Lane, In such clincf
| his brute strength was terrible ad
| vantage. His object was, OF course
| to pitch me into the river. but hum
| to him SO well that he was bafiled
We we're still struggling on the brink
when a great slice of the bank CAV
way and we went into the ice-cold wa
ter, both having firm hold, but OF
top. Lane must have had his moutl
open for he began to strange at once
and if / ever worked hard for thre
minutes it was to save him. He wa
unconscious when | got him to tn
bank and pulled him up. while wa
as good as frozen. By liberal us
of my voice l aroused three or fou
men, and we got Lane to the hotel, an
worked over him for half an hour b.
fore he opened his eyes. Then tucl
ed him up and gave him big drink {
hot whisky, and went out and got II
money. He had spent about $40 OIL
Not word did he reply as told hiI
| who / was, who ne was and shove
him the money. Not word did /
utter all the way back to milwaukee
and it was only after Mrs. Pierce ha
refused to prosecute him and he wa
|, turned loose that he sullenly mute
| ed:
/ 81 was just fool enough to argr
that no detective living could owe
haul me. New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-03-08

you 4Sit'
Il don't remember"
mo murders or rohberies.'
"There was mystery OF some sort,
! | believe. Somebody drew a lot OF
money out OF the bank, fell into the
hands ofsharpers, and they were look
/ ing in the river and lake for his dead
| body"
HEM" he coughed. and that ended
our conversation, though | did not
fail TO notice the look OF qualification
which crept over his face. That he
had hidden the treasure was certain
That he would visit it sooner or later
was dead sure. watched him close
" during the day, and / saw that I'D
was nervous and preoccupied. / ex
pected that he would so out to inspect
his treasure at night, and | took my
precautions that he should not es
cape me, but he made no move. ID
went to work on Friday noon o
one week and / on Thursday o
the next. When Sunday week cam
it was bright, warm day, an'
made up my mind not to los
sight OF him for an hour. There wer
several acres OF logs in the yard, an,
after breakfast l went to the mil
: climbed up in the attic, and had tn
2 yard and the hamlet under my ey'
} At about 10 O'Clock Lane came dow
} into the yard, wandered about in a
I. aimless sort of way, though all tt
time keeping his eyes open, and b
o and by saw him inspecting hus
Y log lying near thorn-apple tire
e which was the only tree or bush init
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-02
The Dress of the Athlete.

1t is paradoxical, but true, that athletes do
not get the most enjoyment out of outdoor
sport. They can thank themselves forit, too.
They don't know how to dress for it. AL
though knowing he is to be out in the blister
ing sun, the average athlete will get the
smallest tight fitting cap he can, which will
afford the least shade of anything he can
wear Then, if he wear knickerbockers, he
will have tight elastics COMPRISING the veins
either above or below the knee, and having
an injurious effect upon the circulation of
the blood, the Improvement of which is the
very end and aim of exercise. Lawn tennis
players and bicyclists suffer most from the
latter mistake.
1t could be easily avoided and the blood
given the most unrestricted flow by the use
of little common sense and The hose sup
porter worn by the other sex, which supports
the long stockings by means of a Sand passing
around the hips The reason why athletes do
not use this more is because they have an idea
that the band congresses the abdomen. This
it does not do. There is a little depression in
the hip bones into which the band falls, and
from which it will not slip. The inhabitants
of Belgium utilize this provision of nature by
suspending all their clothing for the lower
limbs from the hips, leaving their shoulders
Free Certainly if heavy clothes can be adj
vantageousely suspended from the hips pair
of hose can. 1t would seem that the athletes
should try to derive the most benefit possible
from the open air, and not studiciously make
every condition or dress tell against securing
such result-Athlete in Globe-Democrat
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-02
THE LAND BOOM.
Prices Way up Among the stars--
The Dangers to be Avoided.

The wonderful land boom of the
past year has excited very general
attention.
1t has not been confined TO any
one locality, for, as Chauncey Nj.
Depew said, after visit to the west,
"At nearly every one of the trade
centres we visited, we found extrav
agant and untenable views of pros
pective real estate values"
Of course the vast army Of men
engaged, in one way or another in
these enterprises, were 10th to be-
lieve their views either extravagant
or untenable. Both they and De-
pew are right to certain extent.
Land values have rapidly and per-
mauently increased in this country
in the last fifty years. This is espe-
cially noticeable in the jumping
west, along the lines ofnew railroads.
Thousands of new cities have
sprung up, with a growth perfectly
astonishing, and great fortunes have
been made in real estoe.
Land values must continue to in
crease generally, because the avail
abl area of land in the country is
now so small as to render inevitable
its entire absorption in a few years.
One hundred years from now, at
the presant rae of increase, our pop
ulation will be 400 to the square
mile-twice as many as in the larg-
est European nations.
To be safe speculatorit is neces-
sary to study cause and effect, as the
proprietors of Warmers safe cure did
in preparing their remedy. Its sue
cess is great because it reaches tue
cause of disease. Every drop ofblood
coursing through the system passes
through the kidneys If they are in
sound working order, the blood is
purified; if deranged, poison, that
should be eliminated, is carried
through the blood channels to every
part of the system. The poison at
tacks the weak points, and 81 come
the long list of resulting ailments.
Remedy the cause, put the purifying
organs in health, and the whole sys-
TEN becomes healthy.
There must be a solid basis for
land boom, however, or twill newt
ably result in crash, entailing great
losses and subsequent injurious de-
preston.
Two thousand dollars per.ffront'
foot for land in some cities might be
a judicious investment, in others,
very indiscreet. Itis wise to make
investments of character indica-
ting permanent, ifslower, growth
and increase Of value.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-02
IL ALWAYS IOurs.

The discovery OF rare elements bids fair to
become as persistent a fanaticism among
chemists as the finding of asteroids-whose
number has increased from none to nearly
pa during the present century-Is among as
tronomers During the decade ending with
1886 over forty discoverieso of new elementary
substances were announced, while the entire
number previously known was less than
seventy No less than nine We're detected by
Crookes last year. The list is likely to be
heightened quite as materially in the current
twelve months, as A. Pringle already claims
TO have found six new elements in some
silurian rocks in Scotland Five of these are
said to be metals and the other is substance
resembling selenium, which the discoverer
calls hesperiSium. One metal is like iron, but
does not give some of its reactions; another
resembles lead, is quite fuSible and volatile
and forms yellow and green salts; another,
named erebodium, is black; the fourth is a
light gray powder. and the last is dark in
color.-Arkansaw Traveller.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-02

Washington market is the cause for the ex-
istence of the most singular Of the slums OF
New York There has grown up near the
great food bazar population OF as shiftless
and degraded poor as we shelter-people who
EXPECT to procure most Of what they eat by
picking it up out of waste barrels and bas-
kets of the butchers, ,flshmongers and fruiterers
of the market. They send their children to
collect this innutritious and often unwhole-
some waste, and seldom buy anything except
bread, sugar, tea or coffee, which they re-
gard as luxuries, to be dispensed with when
ever their idleness, drunkenness and shift
lessness prevent their buying them. They
live more cheaply. but nothing like as well
rs the thrifty Germans Of Cannon street on
the far east side, who cluster in crowds oppo-
site the shabby basement Of Teuton, who
contracts with the principal hotels to take
their table and kitchen leavings as well as
swill for next to nothing, and who, bringing
mis- load home in q wagon, sorts cut the cake,
pudding, poultry, meat, cereals and fruit
often already separated in cracked dishes.
paper parcels and tins-and doles them out
so generously that for five cents family can
have a meal, and for twenty-five cents
enough Of everything to keep household q
day.-New York Letter.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-02
DON'T

let that cold of yours run on. You
think it is light thing. But it
may run into catarrh. Or into
pneumonia. Or consumption.
Catarrh is disgusting. Pncumo-
mia is dangerous. Consumption is
death itself.
The breathing apparatus must be
kept healthy and clear of all OBJ
structions and offensive matter.
Otherwise there is trouble ahead.
All the diseases OF these parts.
head. nose, throat, bronchial tubes
and lungs, can be delightfully."- and
entirely cured by the use OF 30
schee's German Syrup Ifyoudon {
know this already, thousands and
thousands of people can tell yon.
They have been cured by IL. anil
"know how it is. themselves. Bot
tie only IS cents. Ask any drug
gist. aug i4-e W
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-02
rieree Greetings in the soudan.

Aswe approach the town, and when least
expected, a party Of borsemen in fierce Bed
ouin like array will spring from behind some
cliff or out of an unseen hollow and, with
marrow piercing war cries and unearthly
screams, spears leveled or swords uplifted,
bear down upon US like whirlwind, amid
clouds of dust, apparently bent on annihilat-
ing or sending to Gehenna such infidels as
ourselves. But even though you feel de-
cided want of backbone, dozen spears, as it
were, already quvering in your bodies, and
your heads not worth the purchase, pray do
not run away nor even blench for one mo-
ment. Assume an Indifferent expression, as
if being chopped up or spitted on spears was
a daily experience. If you can smile In the.
emergency all the better. for just as we seem
to feel the hot breath of their horses on our
cheeks, and in bewildered sort Of way real
ize the disagreeable proximity Of several
spears, another shout will fill the air, the gal
Looping horses as if by magic will stand stock
still, enveloping US in cloud Of dust, and by
the cordial shouts of welcome and hearty
salams we shall find most pleasant assur-
ance that all this fiendish display Is intended
as an honorable welcome to their town.-Har-
per's Magazine.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-02
South American Railroads.

Railroads are gradually being extended
rowaf{SBolivia from the eastern slope of the
Anda,s although for years past the line built
at such vast cost by Peru from the Pacinc 70
Puno has not passed that lake town toward
the Bolivian frontier. The fault that 1t has
not been extended lies entirely with Bolivia.
Peru used every exertion and incurred an
enormous debt to build one Of the most diff
cult roads yet constructed in the world, and
although the engines still climb the steep
gradients and pass through the wilds Of
Cahuiantala on their way to Puno, no effort
is made by Bolivia to extend the road toward
the Desaguadero, and thence on to the re-
gions where the Aymara Indians pass their
lives in that happy state which can only be
understood by those who, like them, believe
that xhere ignorance is bliss tbs folly to be
wise. Peru, through necessity it Is true, and
not by any means from choice, not being able
to assist her neighbor with money to carry O
railroad into her territory, the Argentine
republic appears to be about to take an in
terest in the matter, ard to make an effort to
ioin the Trausandine lines with the central
part of Bolivia, where agricultural and
mineral riches abound which would well re-
pay transportation to the coast.
Referring to the steps which have been
taken for this purpose, Buenos Ayres papers
now report that after nineteen months OF
severe labor the engineers have sent in the
preliminary plans for road to Quiaca, on
the Bolivian frontier. These plans have been
made from the junction at Salta, through the
Toro ravine, and up to Quiaca. Thence the
Humnnahuaca ravine is followed to Juijui.
The distance surveyed amounts to 700 kilo-
meters, of which number 225 are situated in
the Juijui line. After careful study selec-
ton will be made between the two roads
mentioned, and work will then be commenced
on the line which will carry Argentine pas
sengers to the Bolivian frontier.-Chicago
Horo1d
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-12-02
ARouT PREHISTORIC FRUIT.
The Lake Dwellers Made Great Use o
Apples-Pears, Grapes, Walnuts.

The Lake DWeuers mauo ohcoe cso Va
Apples-Pears, Grapes, Walnuts.
The prehistoric area of the apple was chiefly
in the region lying between Trebizond and
Ghilan. The lake dwellers of Lombardy,
SAVOY and Switzerland made great use of
apples. "They always cut them lengthways
and preserved them dried as provision for
the winter writes DecandoIle, in his inter
esting work on the "Origin Of Cultivated
Plants" Two varieties of apples seem to have
been known to the lake dwellers before they
possessed metals Whether they ever solved
the problem that hopelessly puzzled George
III and got them into dumping, archo-
ology does not as yet inform US.
The abundance of the fruit found in pre-
historic stores would seem to indicate some
kind of cultivation The pear is of less fre.
quent occurrence, although it Is found in the
prehistoric dwellings of Switzerland and
Italy, usually in dried state and-c length
ways. Then, as now, therefore, the pear was
a greater luxury than the apple The abund-
ance and variety of names testify to the very
ancient existence of the latter from the Cas-
plan sea to the Atlantic. Philology comes
largely to our aid in this interesting study.
The more ancient and widely spread plant,
the more numerous its names. fEa
But prehistoric diners out possessed one OF
the best of all fruits-the grape. Seeds OF
the grape have been discovered in the lake
dwellings near Parma, dating from the age
of bronze; also in the prehistoric settlements
of Lake Varese and of Switzerland. N. De-
candolle, moreover, informs US that vine
leaves have been found in the tufa near Mont
pelier, where they were probably deposited
before the historical epoch, also in the same
formation in Provence. Whether they COM
bined The two we know not, but it is quite
probable that wine and walnuts delectated
the palates of primitive feasters. The walnut
is of great antiquity. Walnut leaves have
been found in the quatenary tufa of Pro-
vence, and a species of walnut in some of the
Swiss lake dwellings The species possess
Sanskrit name, fact testifying to its early
cultivation in India. The tree was intro
duced into China about 40 B. G. Only one
cherry stone has been as yet found in any
prehistoric settlement of Italy or Switzer-
land, nor is the antiquity of the stratum quite
certain. Chambers Journal